List of rectors of the University of Paris

This is a list of rectors of the University of Paris (the Sorbonne), a foundation of the middle of the twelfth century with a charter from 1200.

[1] From the middle of the fourteenth century the rector had the status of head of the university, but limited powers.

[2] The rectorship for most of its history was an elected position, of high academic prestige, and held in practice for a single term of one year.

The formal position was that the term was of three months, so in some years there were several rectors elected.

In the medieval and early Renaissance periods many holders of the post were from outside France.